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Few minutes to get out. others trapped and rescued by boats. >> its scary, its something like out of a horror movie and ive never seen anything like it. >> driven by scorching temperatures, dry winds, the bushfires have destroyed at least 2,000 homes. >> everything is just gone. >> rain in cooler temperatures have swept through the area in recent days, authorities warned and wont be enough. warm weather has had to return and bushfire season officially still has a month to go. >> there absently n...

That understandably is all too familiar with firefighters >> the current situation is extreme. theres a lot of people that have been at it since september, and october through november. people are tired. so we are here to actually relieve and try to lend a hand and give those folks the rest they direly needed. >> the prime minister here in australia also pledging to do more after he faced some criticism that has government wasnt doing enough. he is now allocating $1.4 billion in recovery efforts...

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Wildfires consuming australia. fire whirls spinning, a red haze so thick, these air force pilots forced to abonn don their rescue mission. our maggie rulli on the front lines. >> weve been trying to get north for hours. these are the kind of conditions that were seeing. high flames on either side of the road. this highway is on lockdown throughout most of australia. >> reporter: helena wong and justin kam showing me whats left of their home. they barely made it out alive. the radiant heat burned...

Showdown and former national security adviser john bolton now revealing he will testify if subpoenaed by the senate. mary bruce with late reporting. panic in puerto rico tonight. images coming in now after a 5.8 earthquake. aftershocks reported tonight with reporters on air. >> ahh! the fast-moving storm about to sweep into the east. it will effect tomorrows came mute. harvey weinstein in a new york courtroom then hit with new sex assault charges in los angeles. two women, the same hotel. ...

Only some handicraft masters were doing this. heini uses reindeer skin to make shoes. but more rain in the summer has affected her ability to produce them. here are my latest. ijust made this ready, these we were waiting for years in our shed for me to make these ready. this, i made these for myself. theyre a little more fancy. the reindeerfur shoes. and these are already too small for my children. here is how we do it. we just... we skin the reindeer legs, and then we just put them to dry like ...

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[inaudible] >> all of these homes and -- >> its not just people who are suffering during the bush fires, wildlife of australia is being devastated, half a billion animals by some estimates have died as a result of the fires, many are stepping up to help, the family of the late australian wildlife expert steve irwin has helped rescue 90,000 animals, the shift in weather has helped firefighters out here get the upper hand on several of the fires that are currently burning throughout the country bu...

Are more wet than those are used to be. five hours‘ drive to the west, close to the norwegian and swedish borders, alen is a northern sami handicraft master. she is 84 years old and shes visiting her niece to make traditional sami clothes with her.

Dousing rains that would bring a season like this under greater control is nowhere in sight. >> and the bush fires as they are called here has burned more than 12 million acres. smoke is taking its toll on air quality in communities in australia that arent even burning. more than half a billion animals are perished and these, of course are unique animals, many not found anywhere else in the world. dire situation. united states has been sending in emily, pete and ed dozens of wildfire personnel t...